"Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper."
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"Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance."
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"No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance."
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"We took advantage of [the Indians'] ignorance and inexperience to incline them the more easily toward treachery, lewdness, avarice, and every sort of inhumanity and cruelty, after the example and pattern of our ways."
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"Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head."
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"On entering this world our starting-point is ignorance. None, however, but idiots remain there."
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"Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and nature's resources result from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth's living things."
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"Consciousness will always be present, though a particular consciousness may cease. For example, the particular tactile consciousness that is present within this human body will cease when the body comes to an end. Likewise, consciousnesses that are influenced by ignorance, by anger or by attachment, these too will cease. But the basic, ultimate, innermost subtle consciousness will always remain. It has no beginning, and it will have not end."
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"Ignorance is temporary. Stupidity, unfortunately, is permanent."
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"At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance."
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"To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous."
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"Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves."
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"It's interesting to be an adult and to have that level of ignorance about something, because the nice part about is you get that discovery. The learning curve is so rich and steep."
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"Addiction is craving fulfillment from something that cannot provide fulfillment. In this sense it is not different than the basic mechanism of ignorance that keeps everyone in bondage. With substance addiction the mind/body sets up a vicious cycle that perpetuates the dependence."
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"It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the plan of creation or unity of design, etc., and to think that we give an explanation when we only restate a fact."
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"See what you can do with your daring with color and your ignorance mixed with it."
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"The powerful have no monopoly on greed, hatred, fear, or ignorance."
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"Mystery is delightful, but unscientific, since it depends upon ignorance."
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"To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence."
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"All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information."
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